VIDEO: The Story Behind Tejano Music’s Colorful Characters
Ramón Hernández tells us the story behind some of Tejano music’s colorful characters. Ramón is a renown musicologist and was special guest curator of our “Legends of Tejano Music” exhibition in the Fall of 2017.
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Jerry Jeff Walker donates archive to The Wittliff
SAN MARCOS, TX – Legendary Texas music artist Jerry Jeff Walker has donated his archive to The Wittliff Collections. Walker’s archive is a major acquisition for the newly-formed Texas Music Collection, and comprises more than 100 boxes of materials spanning Walker’s entire career, featuring master tapes, photographs, hand-written lyrics and artifacts. Throughout his career, Walker …
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Ray Benson donates archive to The Wittliff
SAN MARCOS, TX – Ray Benson, co-founder of the legendary Western Swing band Asleep at the Wheel, has announced he is donating his archive to The Wittliff’s newly-established Texas Music Collection. Benson’s archive will contain materials spanning his entire career, featuring records, photographs, instruments, wardrobe, awards and other memorabilia. In a career that has spanned …
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Introducing The Wittliff’s Texas Music Collection
SAN MARCOS, TX — The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University are proud to announce the creation of The Texas Music Collection, which joins the Southwestern Writers and Southwestern & Mexican Photography Collections as part of The Wittliff’s expanding mission to collect, preserve and share the cultural legacy of the region. The Wittliff has …
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Vintage Keystone: Sam Shepard archives illuminate the arc of creation
(originally published Fall 2005) Editor’s note: This article has been slightly updated to reflect that Sam Shepard passed away in 2017. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Academy Award®-nominated actor Sam Shepard was not normally thought of as a “Southwesterner,” yet an extraordinary collection of his archives is held in the Wittliff Collections. “Sam is of the …
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VINTAGE KEYSTONE: Joe R. Lansdale “Ink is for wimps”
Originally published Fall 2013: If after reading a story you are left horrified, brimming with suspense, and full of laughter then you must be a fortunate victim of the writings of champion mojo storyteller Joe R. Lansdale, a man who once convinced a fan that the “Lonesome” Joe Lansdale “pens his books in blood, ‘cause …
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VIDEO: Sandra Cisneros and John Phillip Santos
In April of 2017, Sandra Cisneros visited campus to celebrate the opening of her archives at The Wittliff. Here is a video of that celebration and her conversation with colleague John Phillip Santos. For information about upcoming events at The Wittliff see our events page.
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